2020/11/11 by Philipp Kopper, Kopper, Philipp, Sebastian Pölsterl +9
Computer Science · Engineering · #3D Shape Modeling and Analysis #Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis #Machine Learning (cs.LG) #Machine Learning (stat.ML)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2011.05824
openalex publication_date 2020/11/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We propose a versatile framework for survival analysis that combines advanced concepts from statistics with deep learning. The presented framework is based on piecewise exponential models and thereby supports various survival tasks, such as competing risks and multi-state modeling, and further allows for estimation of time-varying effects and time-varying features. To also include multiple data sources and higher-order interaction effects into the model, we embed the model class in a neural network and thereby enable the simultaneous estimation of both inherently interpretable structured regression inputs as well as deep neural network components which can potentially process additional unstructured data sources. A proof of concept is provided by using the framework to predict Alzheimer's disease progression based on tabular and 3D point cloud data and applying it to synthetic data.